New Delhi (India), July 10 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that the Budget 2019 gives a "big picture" of the newly elected government which has received a strong mandate from the people of India and asserted that it was committed to the path of fiscal conso

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today in Parliament provides a blueprint to achieve the Prime Minister's vision for 5 trillion-dollar economy by 2024-25, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industr

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that the country has made a leap into the era of high economic policy certainty from the highest level of economic uncertainty during the Union Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2011-2012.<

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Devising policies to benefit farmers by improving water usage, should become a national priority, stated the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the next two decades, states the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The government's intervention is essential to leverage data as a "public good" and to unlock its benefit for larger betterment of the society, the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled in Parliament said on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The expenditure on social services increased from Rs 7.68 lakh crores in 2014-15 to Rs 13.94 lakh crore in 2018-19, as per the Economic Survey 2018-19 tabled by the government in the Parliament on Thursday.

New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): The application of 'behavioural economics' can enhance the efficacy of public policies and programmes in India, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled in Parliament by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.